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Reddy Kilowatt made his first published appearance on March 14, 1926, in an advertisement in The Birmingham News for the Alabama Power Company (APC). The character was the brainchild of the company's 40-year-old commercial manager, Ashton B. Collins, Sr. [3]
Members of that organization, unable to license the Reddy Kilowatt service mark, created their own in 1952. The Willie Wiredhand character featured a body of electric cable with electric plug feet. Reddy Kilowatt, Inc. filed suit against the cooperatives but on January 7, 1957, the court ruled the characters were different and dismissed the ...
Reddy Kilowatt, the cartoon character who serves as a kind of mascot for the electric power industry, will greet visitors to the York County History Center’s new museum at West Philadelphia ...
In 1948, Collins refused to license the Reddy Kilowatt character to rural electrical co-ops, on the grounds that it would harm the reputation of the investor-owned utilities to be associated with the federally-subsidized rural programs. [3] [4] This sparked the NRECA's creation of their own mascot, Willie Wiredhand. [5]
Reddy Kilowatt: Electricity generation: 1926–present: used by up to 300 investor-owned utilities world-wide from 1926, although use declined in the 1970s and few remain. Voiced by Walter Tetley in two short films. Elmer the Bull: Elmer's Products: 1940s-present: Note:originally the mate for Elsie the Cow of Borden's dairy products. Jacko ...
The York County History Center, in the old Met-Ed generating station on North Pershing Avenue, includes stories often been left out of history books. A sneak peek of the new York County History ...
The MERALCO Reddy Kilowatts were a basketball team of the MERALCO Athletic Club owned by the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) that played in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) from 1968 to 1972. Its moniker and mascot, Reddy Kilowatt, was a licensed
Reddy Kilowatt, a branding character created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins Sr. at Alabama Power Company, served as good-will ambassador for about 300 publicly traded utilities around the world. The image of Reddy Kilowatt, with his lightning-bolt limbs and light-bulb nose, featured prominently in company advertising, promotions and signage and ...